Android news from around the web

Modern communication has evolved far beyond the written word, and the software we use to help us keep in touch has been racing to keep up. Last month we checked out the latest SwiftKey beta release, updating the keyboard software Read more…

It’s been a busy year so far for Google’s payment platforms, especially since Android Pay, Google Wallet, and Chrome’s payment autofill feature were unified under new Google Pay branding. Previous Android Pay functionality is unchanged in the app, which allows Read more…

My Tamagotchi Forever has been available as a soft-launch title in Canada for the past few months, but it looks as though Bandai Namco is ready for the rest of us to get a taste of its new free-to-play virtual Read more…

Smartwatches haven’t been the smash hit everyone was expecting. We’re coming up on four years since Android Wear launched, and the platform has gained little traction. Well, Android Wear is over. Now it’s Wear OS that has yet to gain Read more…

Southwest Airlines doesn’t often push major changes to its Android app, with the last one being a redesign from back in November 2016. But this latest update adds fingerprint authentication, which makes logging into secure apps a lot less of Read more…

Just about anyone who has spent much time shopping around for a battery case for their smartphone knows ZeroLemon, one of the category’s top-selling and top-rated companies. With the recent announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+, it was Read more…

Right at the end of 2017, and prior to CES 2018, LG announced a new Google Assistant speaker as part of its ThinQ smart lineup. Then, at CES, the company followed up by adding the ThinQ View (pictured above), its own Read more…

I have a fascination with languages and accents, and even though I never watched Star Trek (ducks), I find the guttural spit-inducing pronunciation of Klingon ridiculously awesome. I wouldn’t, however, ever think of learning it: 3.5 languages are nice enough Read more…

Keyboards are the unsung heroes of our smartphone interactions. We use them all the time yet we often forget they exist. But try installing your favorite keyboard on a new phone and you’ll sure focus on it again because, more Read more…

Google announced this week that two of its projects are going open source. Code for both DeepLab-V3+, the latest version of Google’s semantic image segmentation AI model, and Resonance Audio, Google’s spatial audio SDK, is now freely available. Semantic image Read more…